2 Esdras 16:77

77 Woe to those who are choked by their sins and overwhelmed by their iniquities! They are like a field choked with underbrush and its path overwhelmed with thorns, so that no one can pass through.

2 Esdras 16:77 In-Context

75 Do not fear or doubt, for God is your guide.

76 You who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, must not let your sins weigh you down, or your iniquities prevail over you.

77 Woe to those who are choked by their sins and overwhelmed by their iniquities! They are like a field choked with underbrush and its path overwhelmed with thorns, so that no one can pass through.

78 It is shut off and given up to be consumed by fire.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities read [seed]